NU City Council awards bid for 18 S. Street lift station project

By: Clay Schuldt

NEW ULM – The contract for the 18th South Street Storm Sewer Lift Station project was awarded to Holtmeier Construction, Inc for $1.32 million, Tuesday. New Ulm received five bids for the 18 S. Street lift station project. Holtmeier was the ...

February 20, 2026

‘We want the young, the old, we want them all’

By: Amy Zents

NEW ULM — A weekly polka music series began Tuesday night at Benny’s Bar in The NU Franklin. The first event featured the Josh Norman Musik Meisters as a duo: Josh Norman on tuba and vocals and Tina Losleben on piano accordion. The set ...

February 20, 2026

Cselovszki urges board members to contact legislators

By: Fritz Busch

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye-Cedar Mountain Superintendent John Cselovszki urged school board members Wednesday to contact their legislators by email or phone about supporting compensatory funding formula improvements this year and ...

February 20, 2026

GETTING TO KNOW Taylor Berkner

Interview by Travis Rosenau Berkner led the Sleepy Eye girls basketball team to a dominant 80-55 win over Cleveland on Monday in the team’s regular season finale, finishing with 31 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists. Q: What ...

February 19, 2026

Timm signs with SMSU Mustangs football

February 19, 2026

Anderson joins 1,000-point club; Lewis shooting for 2,000

By: Jim Bastian

Some basketball history was made Tuesday night and more high school basketball history may be made Friday on the local scene. Tuesday night, New Ulm Cathedral’s Eli Anderson became the 61st player to score 1,000 career points when he scored ...

February 19, 2026